( read this with a pathetic, whiney, needy, helpless voice in your head)… … “Yes, Christ lives inside of me.” (Rom. 8:10) “Yes, I have been freed from religion by the blood of the Lamb.” (John 8:36) “Yes, I have been baptized into a death like His.”(Rom. 6) “Yes, I have also been raised [...]
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Born in the shadow of a law-dominated Roman Catholic church, Luther’s theology recovered the priority of the Gospel and then emphasized a proper distinction between Law and Gospel. And yet, the heirs of Luther (and all Christianity for that matter) continues to struggle with the lawful use of the Law. To say that the issue [...]
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I recently received a sermon by a Lutheran pastor from someone that was trying to turn ’round my way of thinking about the law and it’s realtionship to me. It was a very good sermon. It highlighted the problem (my sin) and handed over Christ to me, the complete forgiveness of my sins and total justification before [...]
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I am going to ask a question of all my friends (and others, if you prefer) out there in the blogesphere, that I can’t seem to figure out. I mean it. I really do want to understand the position of the advocates of the 3rd use of the law. So I ask this question in all [...]
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Yes, that’s right…I have been warned by a so-called “post Evangelical”, to “stop warning people.” That’s rich. On this blog and some others, there has been much discussion of the law and what we ought do regarding it. Well, just read my post before this one and you’ll know where I stand on the issue. I call for a [...]
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Here are some nifty articles that may shed some light on the ongoing disagreement over the ‘third use of the Law’ controversy. http://www.ctsfw.edu/library/files/pb/1966 I’d like to know your thoughts on these articles, if you get the chance. Thanks! – Steve M.
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